Welding rod



Patented Feb. 22, 1944 U NIT E D STAT E s PATENT OFFICE WELDING ROD Louis C. Dodd, Buffalo, N. Y4, assignor to Magnus Metal Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of New York No Drawing. Original application April 2, 1941,

Serial. No. 386,432.

Divided and this application May 13, 1943,Serial No. 486,911

3 Claims.

A specific instance of use for such welding rods is in the building up of lateral wearing surfaces of engine truck, trailers and driving boxes. Lat

eral metal welded to the boxes has a stronger bond and is more resistant to cracking than metal applied by other means.

It is known that worn parts have been reconditioned by depositing weld metal thereon by any suitable process, and thereafter machining it to the desired size and shape. However, it has been found that the known metals which are suitable for welding, are diflieult to machine, particularly after being subjected to the welding operation. Furthermore, such weld metal has been found to be inferior for hearing metals because of a tendency to "grab or seize.

To overcome these'difllculties, lead in varying quantity has been incorporated in welding rods, since such a rod has been found to'be easily machined, and in addition, acts to prevent grab or seize," presumably because of the inherent lubricating properties of lead. In such rods, tin in substantial amount has been employed as a hardener.

The use of tin in amounts above 10.0% has been found to cause excessive wear of the adjacent parts, such as the hubs of the wheels, due to the hardness of the alloy used in the known weld rods. The known welding rods, in which substantial amounts of tin areembodied, have a high Brinell hardness, which has resulted in theme cracks in the welded area. Furthermore,

because of this hardness, excessive wear of the adjacent parts has resulted.

I have found that nickel incorporated in such an alloy not merely serves as a hardening agent,

but keeps the lead in suspension, so as to enable the use of lead in greater amounts than has been possible. heretofore. Accordingly, my invention contemplates the production of a welding rod having nickel as one of its components.

I have also found that relatively small amounts 1 oi -the alloln'unless it 'is used in high amounts,

in which case it reduces the uniformity ofthe" alloy, in connection with the use of high lead.

The inclusion of phosphorus in limited amounts is contemplated when a welding rod is desired for certain conditions of use. I have found it of particular benefit or advantage when the carbon arc process is employed in building up the metal part, since the phosphorus increases of the alloy.

The metal part is built up with any of the rods herein described by depositing th desired rod on such metal part by using the carbon-arc or a metallic arc process. Since nickel does not volatilize when either process is employed, the nickel-tin-lead rod above mentioned may be used Per cent Lead 0.10-20.0 Nickel 0.10- 6.0 Copper Balance Traces of elements other than those specified in the mixture are usually found as impurities in commercial metal. The total of the impurities should be limited to 0.20% maximum.

A welding rod'that has been found to give very satisfactory results is made up from an alloy containing:

Per cent 40 Lea 15.0

Nicke 5.5 I

Copper Balance Another welding rod that will give satisfactory results is made up from an alloy in which tin is incorporated in the nickel-lead allo herein de- "scribed. In such an alloy, the amount of tin preferred is about 6.0%, the preferred amount of nickel is 0.50%, and the preferred amount of lead is 20.0%, but these amounts may be varied within the limits indicated:

. Per cent Lea 0.10-20.0 Nickel 0.10- 1.0 1.0 8.0 Copper Balance If desired, other alloys may be used in the rod. Such an alloy would contain, in a copper base, zincrtin and lead, preferably in the amounts of zinc 2.0%, tin 8.5%, lead but these with either process. However, zinc and lead will volatilize to 'a certain extent when either are Since zinc has no effect upon the hardness of the alloy, it may be used in relatively high amounts. However, since it reduces the uniformity of the alloy when used in high amounts and particularly with high lead, I prefer that it be incorporated in lower amounts.

Anothersatisfactory rod, includes nickel in the foregoing alloy, within the limits here given.

Per cent Zinc (Ll-10.0 T Lil-10.0 Lea 1.020.0 Nickel 01- 1.0 Copper Balance HoweverJ prefer to use a rod containing:

. v. Per cent 25 Zim- 2,0 Tin 4 6.5 Lea 15.0 Nicke 0.5

Copper .2 asaaeos amounts. may be ruled within the following- When phosphorus is desired in any of the alloys herein described, it may be included in the desired alloy within a range of 0.01% to 1.0%, but I prefer to use 0.25%.

The weld rods are cast in a chill mold and work particularly satisfactorily when applied to the backingmetal by electric welding.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various modifications may be made in the composition of metals and their percentages without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the compositions hereinbefore described being merely preferred embodiments thereof.

1. A welding rod, comprising an alloy containing lead 0.10 to 20.0%, nickel 0.10 to 6.0%, phos- 20 phorus 0.01 to 1.0%, and the balance copper.

2. A welding rod, comprising an alloy containing lead 0.10 to "20.0%,j-nicke1 0.10 to 6.0%, impurities not to exceed 0.20%, and the balance copper.

'3. A welding rod, comprising an allovcontaining copper 79.5%, nickel 5.50% and lead 15.0%.

LOUIS c. DODD. 

